Citation

Tenkorang EY, Owusu AY. Health Educ. Behav. 2019; 46(2): 340-348.

Affiliation

University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1090198118806970

PMID

30304953

Abstract

Although academically underexplored, economic abuse is common in most societies. Using data collected from 2,289 ever-married Ghanaian women, this study employed regression techniques to examine dimensions of economic abuse (employment sabotage, economic exploitation, and economic deprivation) on the cardiovascular, psychosocial, and overall general health of respondents.

RESULTS showed respondents with experiences of economic sabotage had poor psychosocial health. Meanwhile, compared with those with no such experiences, respondents with experiences of economic exploitation not only reported poor psychosocial health but were also more likely to live with cardiovascular diseases. Women with experiences of economic deprivation reported poor psychosocial health, were more likely to live with cardiovascular diseases, and more likely to report poor or good than very good health. Our findings suggest the need to screen for economic abuse as a correlate of poor health among women in Ghana.

Language: en

Keywords

Ghana; economic abuse; health; intimate partner violence; women